An effort to “get everyone on the same page” was the basis of a four-hour Jan. 23 joint meeting between the Kyle City Council and the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell said one of the reasons behind the meeting was to discuss with newly appointed or elected officials ...

Personal attacks and arguments hit the dais Jan. 16 as Kyle city leaders sparred on who was fit to serve as the city’s representative on a local area water board. But the display, which encompassed roughly a half-hour, may have showcased a deepening, and vitriolic, divide between Mayor Travis Mitche...

Steeplechase Park in Kyle could soon be going to the dogs. By a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Kyle City Council approved $49,895 for the first phase of a city-owned dog park, located on land near the intersection of Lehman Road and Hailey Drive. Kerry Urbanowicz, Kyle parks and recreation director, said t...

Making money by renting out your home in order to pay rising housing costs and property taxes has given rise to short-term rentals. Vacation Rental By Owner (VRBO), Airbnb and Flatswire are just a few companies helping local residents rent out their space. While this movement brings some people clos...

A five-year process to rezone six acres of land off of Windy Hill Road came to a close Jan. 2 after Kyle city leaders chose to deny the motion on second reading. The decision, made via a 6-0 vote by the Kyle City Council, ended a saga that featured complicated legal language discrepancies between Ha...

By Exsar Arguello Planning is underway for the creation of tiny homes in Hays County by the Tiny Dwelling Co., a project aimed at bringing affordable housing to the Kyle area.  Tiny homes, a nationwide phenomenon that has taken cities by storm, is a movement focused on the creation of homes in a sma...

Opinions over qualifications to serve on boards and commissions swirled Dec. 5 as city leaders clashed over appointments to its Ethics and Planning and Zoning Commissions. The Kyle City Council ultimately voted down the appointment of resident Marco Pizana to the ethics commission by a 2-5 vote, but...

ith the school district’s elimination of certain bus routes, the possibility of an influx of children on foot heading to school is driving Kyle to add safeguards onto streets near campuses impacted by the cuts. For a year now, Kyle city officials and Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CI...

ongtime Kyle residents are mourning the loss of a dedicated public figure who over the course of 20-plus years served the community in a variety of capacities. Pete Krug,   who served as the mayor of Kyle on two occasions and was a longtime law enforcement official, passed away Dec. 6, according to ...

After talks that the city could potentially be sued over the denial of a development on Opal Lane, Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell met with Planning and Zoning commissioners to set his expectations on the commission’s role in developments. During a Nov. 28 Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission workshop, Mi...